Sebastian Junger on TedTalks. If you have not seen it already, I highly recommend the documentaries Restrepo, Korengal and the Last Patrol, all of them available on Netflix. I also recommend his book War.
Category: Mindset
In 2015, Why Do We Still Fight?
Why fight wars at all? We lose lives and treasure even if we win. Those who survive are haunted by the violence and the price they paid; whether they were drafted or volunteered every one of them offered up their lives for an ideal. War is a bloody, terrible business. Military personnel are trained to…
Where Has All The Hatred Gone?
By Mark Stout Carl von Clausewitz offered his “paradoxical trinity” as a tool for thinking about wars and their various manifestations. His trinity was: Composed of primordial violence, hatred, and enmity, which are to be regarded as a blind natural force; of the play of chance and probability within which the creative spirit is free…
Tradecraft Notes: The Use of Clothing Disguises and the Manipulation of “Perceived Authority”
By Hammerhead While watching the new series “Sherlock” on Netflix the other day with my better half, I had an epiphany, well, more like a “fantasy ideal” I guess; I realized that if the average person had the heightened awareness of both his surroundings and other people that the borderline autistic savant Sherlock Holmes has,…
Why the Russians Cannot be Defeated
Although I can’t say I agree completely with the title of this article,the majority of it is a really good read for the CO. Russia would be a very tough foe for the U.S. in a Conventional War, no doubt, but, with like all of our enemies, it is good to understand their mentality and…
Halloween: Wasting Police Resources On Sexual Predators, And What You Can Do to Protect Your Child
The crisp cool air and short nights are upon us, and Halloween is near. While Halloween brings excitement to children with the thoughts of wearing costumes, eating candy, and ghoulish monsters, it often brings fear to parents with the thoughts of another type of monster. The one that lures children in with sweets and then…
A Self Defense Pro On Teaching Girls To Kick The Crap Out Of Attackers
For those CO Fathers out there with your own little “Princesses”; you should read this, regardless of her age..SF Here’s a stat you should swallow your Lucky Charms before reading: 1.9 million women are assaulted in the U.S. every year. That’s why Tim Larkin, a member of the Black Belt Hall Of Fame…
The OODA Loop, Revisited
John Boyd’s OODA loop teaches troops how to make the right decision with little time and scant info. By Mike Grice You make decisions every day. Dozens and dozens of them. Some are easy — coffee or latte? — and some are more complex. Regardless of what kind of decision you need to make, you…
The Personal ‘Stealth’ Existence: Remain Deadly
Sage Advice Indeed..Heed it Well! -SF By John Farnam Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- In the wake of Friday’s heroic action by US Servicemen in Europe, who are currently getting microphones and camera lenses shoved into their faces by the minute, as well as being invited to appear on all manner of TV talk-shows, along…
Some Deep Thinking from a Grunt who has BTDT
“I Feel Like We Are Just Skimming the Surface of our Problems” By Peter Lucier Best Defense Council of the Former Enlisted We are not winning this hot wash. There is something rotten in the stories we tell. We are swimming in shallow water. I did a radio interview recently. Before the show, the host…